Word: indictment
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first shocked reaction to Ford's deal with Nixon, there were some too-hasty proposals. One was that the Watergate grand jury be asked to go ahead and investigate and indict Nixon despite the pardon. Jaworski promptly and properly rejected that. Another was that Congress revive the impeachment proceedings and complete the formal record of Nixon's wrongdoing as President. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino just as promptly and properly dismissed that notion. Both ideas are flawed because they would involve employing constitutional processes for purposes other than the ones for which they were intended. The approaches...
Certain to Indict. Hardly had he spoken those words when Ford concluded that he very quickly had to make a commitment. The White House had reason to believe that prosecutors were right on the verge of bringing criminal charges against Nixon. The Watergate grand jury, which had named Nixon as an unindicted coconspirator, was ready to receive the evidence. All that was needed to begin the case was to get the approval of the Watergate special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski. Then Jaworski made clear that if the decision were left to him alone, he would prosecute Nixon. The law, said Jaworski...
Indeed, Jaworski had told Ford's legal counsel, Philip Buchen, that the grand jury was virtually certain to indict Nixon and the list of charges could be lengthy and varied. The White House believed that the indictments would be handed down as soon as the second week of September?this week?although Jaworski in fact did not intend to obtain them until after the Watergate cover-up jury was sequestered in October. Still, it was clear that Nixon could be spared only by one act by one man: a pardon from Gerald Ford...
...request for an independent investigative unit reflected a growing dissatisfaction many citizens have expressed over the methods now available to clear or indict police officers on charges of abuse and brutality...
TIME has learned, however, that it is highly unlikely that Nixon will be charged with a crime until after the conspiracy trial of six of his former aides at least gets under way and its jury is sequestered. To indict Nixon before then and make him a defendant in the same trial would require a long delay while he prepared his defense. To indict him and seek a separate trial would generate new publicity that would make the selection of a jury for the trial of the others extremely difficult...